Syrus, Many thanks - you got me out of a bit of a hole, there. dpkg now says that modutils is installed, but I notice that /dev/init.d/boot still refers to modutils. Hope this is OK.
Lindsay On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > I'm trying to upgrade modules to modutils but dpkg says: > > Kernel was compiled with module support > > Modules package cannot be removed > > > > Ideas? I'm in the field at the moment. > > Yes. This one can be solved by hand with dpkg. You need to ftp the > modutils and modules .deb files from bo. They have the same revision > numbers. In the following order: > > dpkg -i modules*.deb /* "upgrade" modules with dummy > modules package */ > > dpkg -i modutils*.deb modules*.deb /* allows dpkg to "see" that modutils > replaces modules. dpkg will now > do the right thing(TM) */ > > Please everyone, note that this problem has been well-reported and should > be fixed prior to the release of 1.3. > > Thanks. Syrus. > > -- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. > > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
